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Richard Nixon: We recognize the primary source of growth in a free economy is not what the Federal Government does, but it is by what…

On the recordSeptember 18, 1960
We recognize the primary source of growth in a free economy is not what the Federal Government does, but it is by what the Federal Government does in inspiring and stimulating the creative activities of 180 million free Americans.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Excerpts from Remarks by the Vice President, Armory, Scranton, PA

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